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One hundred years later, evolution continues for Smithsonian's Natural History museum (Washington Post)You could say that it was a hunting expedition that captured the whole world: In 1909, Theodore Roosevelt embarked on an East African safari, with financial help from the Smithsonian Institution, and ended up collecting more than a thousand specimens, including several hundred big game.
Santa Cruz Mineral and Gem Society's annual show will feature rocks, minerals and fossils (Santa Cruz Sentinel)SANTA CRUZ -- Novice rock collectors and expert stonecutters will congregate in the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium next month to marvel at glow-in-the-dark rocks, ancient fossils and jade jewelry.
Gem show rocks the crowd (The Peterborough Examiner)Tucked away in a darkened room, about 50 rocks in a rainbow of colours were glowing bright in glass cases. The fluorescent rocks, owned by Markham collector Jerry Hemmingway, contain trace elem e nt s called "activators," he said.[...]
Suburban serendipity; A surprising visit to Washington County, west of Portland (The Bulletin)BEAVERTON —I spent a couple of hours last week in the footsteps of Lance Armstrong, Mia Hamm, Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan. And I didn't even leave Oregon.I was touring the beautiful, 193-acre campus surrounding Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, eight miles west of downtown Portland.
Bisbee exhibit continues at UA museum (The Sierra Vista Herald)TUCSON — The University of Arizona continues to celebrate historic Bisbee with an exhibition of rare Bisbee minerals at the Flandrau Science Center and the UA Mineral Museum. The exhibit, “Treasures of the Queen: The Amazing Minerals and Mystery of Bisbee, Arizona,” runs through May 31. read more
H&N photo by Lee Juillerat (Herald and News)Chuck Newnham with the Klamath Falls Rock and Arrowhead Club shows the inside of a Thunderegg, Oregon’s state rock. This year’s show theme is “The Many Surprises of Thundereggs and Geodes.” The shows runs Saturday and Sunday at the Klamath County Fairgrounds.
Geologist Jeri Jones will talk about volcanoes and earthquakes in a geologic history seminar and field trip (The Waynesboro Record Herald)Geologist Jeri Jones will return to Renfrew with a new program exploring the geologic history of the area. A free seminar at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, will be followed by a Saturday field trip on May 15. The program is sponsored by Renfrew Institute in partnership with the Franklin County Rock and Mineral Club.
Gem, mineral and fossil show at Evinrude Centre (The Peterborough Examiner)Kawartha Rock and Fossil Club will hold its 17th annual Peterborough Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show on March 6 and 7. It will take place at the Evinrude Centre on Monaghan Rd.[...]
New acquisitions for MKPM (The Piggott Times)Last month trustees with the Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer Museum and Study Center in Piggott made their annual pilgrimage to Arizona to attend the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. The show is held the first full weekend of each February, and has grown into the largest such event in the United States.
Dinosaur exhibit extended through March at Danville's Community Arts Center (The Danville Advocate-Messenger)During January and February 2010 alone, more than 7,500 visitors and school students have visited the exhibit "Dinosaurs: The Big Picture" at the Community Arts Center in Danville. Due to this great response and the demand to accommodate more group tours and school field trips, the exhibit has been extended through March 26, also adding an extra weekday open to the public for touring.
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